Hair-pin.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS GEORGE NEEDS, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO ULYss s G. FORD, 0F HADDON HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

' HAIR-PIN.

' 'Speciflcatidn of Letters Patent. Application flied January 28, 1908. Serial-No. 413,126.

ratentedlan. 26,1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it .known that'I, AUGUSTUS GEoReE NEEDS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Chester, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Hair-Pins, of which the foll dwing is a specification;

This invention relates to .hai ins, the object being to provide a hai in w 'ch is so constructed that after being orced into the hair it will be held therein without any danger of its slip ing out.

A further 0 ject of my invention is to provide a hairpin with three prongs, which are bent in one direction and the other in a reverse direction, whereby .when the in is forced into the hair the prongs will bmd the same and prevent the pinfrom slipping out.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hairpin which is exceedingly simple andcheap in construction, and one which can be formed from a single piece of metal, celluloid or gutta-percha.

These objects are obtained .b the novel arrangement and construction 0' parts hereinafter fully described and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, is a perspective view of my improved hairpin. Fig. 2, is an edge view of the same.

Referring to the drawing, A indicates myimproved hairpin which is referably formed of metal, having a rounded ead A, provided with the prongs B, C and D. The two outer or side prongs B and D, have their end portions bent laterall in one direction as clearly shown at B and 1%, while the middle prong has its end portion bent laterall in areverse' direction as clearly shown at Midmost of its length the (prong C is curved as at C so that when force into the hair, the hair will enter said portion and prevent the pin from sli ping out.

y arranging the plrongs in this manner it.

will be seen that as 0 pin is forced into the hen, the central prong willgive in one directlon, and the side prongs inanother direction, so as to allow the hair to pass between the same, so that after it has entered the hair, the tension of the prongs shall cause them to assume their normal parallel positron, so as to crimp the hair or bind the same two of between the prongs, so that the pin will be securely held therein.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a hairpin with three prongs instead of two, the prongs being provided with oppositely projecting ends, whereby when forced in the hair the prongs will have a binding action on the hair, so as to hold the hairpin therein and prevent the same from slipping out.

While I have shown and described a hairpin formed. of a single piece of metal, it will, be readily understood that it can be formed of an ordinary wire hairpin by inserting a central prong. It will also be seen that when the rongs spring back into theirnormal position, the laterally\projecting ends will act to prevent the withdrawal of the pin.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent is:

1. -A hair pin having a head formed with a plurality of prongs, all of said prongs having the upper parts of their lower portions in the rection and the extremities of the remainder of the prongs being bent away from the extremities of the first named prongs. 2. A hair pin having a head formed with three prongs, all of said prongs having the upper parts of their lower portions in the same p ane, the extremities of the side prongs being bent laterally in one direction and the extremity of the middle prong being bent away from the extremities of the side prongs.

3. A hair pin having a head formed of three prongs, all of said prongs having the upper parts of their lower ortions in the same plane, the extremities o the side prongs being bent laterally in one direction-and the extremity of the middle prong being bent laterally away from the extremities of the side prongs, the central prong at its middle being bent outward to form a curved portion adapted to engage the hair.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUSTUS GEORGE NEEDS.

Witnesses: R. H. KREUKEL,

Cms. E. Parts. 

